Arpeg G Io Midi O Utput; Using The Step Sequencer - Yamaha AN1x Owner's Manual

Pla y Effe ct Ve locity
Press the Play Effect Velo city [UP/ DO W N ] switch to set
the ratio between the lo wer and hig her velo city values
o f the Arpeg g iato r pattern, o ver a rang e between 1 %
and 2 0 0 %.
Common
SceneSw
Arp / SEQ Type/No KbdMode Hold
A setting o f " 1 0 0 %" maintains the o rig inal velo city
relatio nship between the no tes. L o wer values adjust
velo cities do wnward at playback, and hig her values
adjust velo cities upward at playback. A setting o f
" real" (Real-time) will cause the velo city values o f the
pattern to be determined by the velo city at which yo u
play the keybo ard.
Arpe ggio M I DI O utput
Yo u can use the MIDI Pattern Transmit Channel (" PtnTxCh" )
parameter to desig nate a MIDI channel o n which to o utput
the Arpeg g iato r pattern data, to either play an external
to ne g enerato r o r reco rd the data into a MIDI sequencer o r
co mputer.
Common
Arp / SEQ Type/No KbdMode Hold SceneSw
This setting is independent fro m the MIDI Transmit Channel
(" MIDI Tx Ch" ) setting in the UTIL ITY SETUP menu (see
pag e 9 3 ), but yo u can either set them bo th to the same
channel o r different channels, depending o n yo ur
requirements. The diag ram belo w sho ws an example o f
ho w they can be set to different channels to co ntro l two
different external to ne g enerato rs.
VOICE
MIDI Arpeggio Play EF
Velocity ARPEGGIO / SE
Ptn Tx Ch Subdivide Swing GateTime
MIDI Arpeggio Play EF VOICE
Ptn Tx Ch Subdivide Swing Velocity GateTime ARPEGGIO / SEQ
Ext. TG 2 Ext. TG 1
(Attack sound) (Pad sound)
Rcv. Ch2 Rcv. Ch1
Ptn TxCh2 MIDI TxCh1
Arpeggiator
For information about setting the MIDI Pattern Transmit Channel ( " MIDI
PtnTxCh" ) , see page 8 7 .
The MIDI PtnTxCh setting is a system parameter, and will not be saved as voice
data.
Using The Ste p
Se que nce r
The Step Sequencer lets you crea te your ow n
1 6 -step looped pa tterns by setting N ote,
Velocity, Ga te Tim e a nd Control Cha nge event
va lues for ea ch step (bea t) in the sequence using
the CO N TRO L k nobs, w here ea ch k nob gives
you a ccess to the events in a specific step w hen
the [EDIT RO TARY] sw itch is set to the SEQ
EDIT/ SETUP menu.
Sync Pitch Sync Pitch
Algorithm PEG Decay Sync Pitch PEG Depth PEG Sw
Depth Src
Wave Wave Pitch Pitch Fine Fine Edge
VCO1 VCO2
Ring
Attack Decay Sustain Release
Level Level Mod
Attack Decay Sustain Release
VOLUME ASSIGN 1 ASSIGN 2 ASSIGN 3
Sync
LFO1 Wave FM Depth LFO1 Spd FM Src1 LFO1 Dly FM Src2
Pmod Sw
PW PW PWM Depth PWM Depth PWM Src PWM Src PmodDepth
CTRL
VCF Reso VCF FEG Fmod Vel
HPF
Cutoff nance Type Depth Depth Sens
Feedback
Volume Amod Depth Vel Sens
SCENE ASSIGN 5 ASSIGN 6 ASSIGN 7
Each o f the 1 2 8 vo ices has its o wn " Vo ice" Pattern
memo ry fo r sto ring a sing le sequence. There is also a
separate bank o f 1 2 8 " User" Patterns. Patterns can be
trig g ered fro m the keybo ard in a variety o f ways.
Knob Pattern
Event 1-8 / 9 -16 Step Hold Bank
The specific Step Sequencer-related parameters are
available in the SEQ EDIT/ SETUP menu. Also , Pattern
N umber, Keybo ard Mo de, Ho ld, Scene Switch and Play
Effect parameters in the VO ICE ARPEG G IO / SEQ menu
have special functio ns related to the Step Sequencer. O ther
setting s which will have a bearing o n yo ur sequences
include T empo and Po ly mo de setting s, and depending o n
L ayer mo de, the Split Po int assig nment as well.
For information about each SEQ EDIT/ SETUP menu parameter, see page 8 9 .
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Port Time
Edge
Noise
Level
ASSIGN 4
LFO2 Spd
PmodDepth
Key
Track
ASSIGN 8
SEQ SEQ
No Base Unit Length LoopType Ctrl No Store EDIT / SETUP